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Seems to me that publishing blog post through git push is much more work than use some admin interface (for example Wordpress).

You can use it from any device (without aby app for CLI interface). You can use for example VersionPress[1] for backups to git. And I don't get what's the point of publishing without touching server, since you need to touch the server to view published post.

[1] https://versionpress.net/

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Different strokes.

I think maintaining the LAMP Wordpress stack, extensions, admin panel auth security, whatever versionpress is etc. is more hassle than editing a text file and pushing code. To devs, this editing is second nature.

Also, I'd take my desktop editor to a contentEditable any day.

Github has a nice web interface for directly editing files and creating Git commits from them (and Pull Requests), which is why I like to stick to the GH Pages flavor of Jekyll. It's nice having the option for a web interface for quick edits and the editor of my choice for long form posts. The Github website is the only reason I use Jekyll over many of the more recent alternatives like Middleman/Hugo/et al.

I used wordpress for a couple of years, It's good for a general purpose blog, but as codesim365 said I like CLI than web interface and it's too much hassle maintaining WordPress( Regular updates and security patches, database backups and sync to dropbox or s3 )

With a CMS for static websites like DatoCMS [1] you can have the best from both words: edit your post from a good old web interface and publish a rock solid, stupid, static website.

[1]: https://www.datocms.com

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